I've been running WCG for a few years now on tons of Windows XP, 7, and Server machines...most of these machines are on 24x7 and Boinc is running at 90% of the time or more...even while the pcs are in use.

On almost all the machines, at sporadic times, I get that REALLY ANNOYING error popup bubble next to the system clock telling me that BOINC "couldn't do internet" (TERRIBLE English I might add). This happens on 100% of my 20+ machines and might happen once a week or 3 times a day.

I always check and sure enough there is an internet connection. If I try to manually update it, it still complains. The only remedy is to exit Boinc and start it again. That works 100% of the time.

Why does this happen? Is there a way to make Boinc 6.10.58 better at realizing there is truly a connection? The only setting I see in Preferences (which is enabled by default) is the "Confirm before connecting to the internet" box. I have not tried disabling it...because the Help states that it will always pop up a confirm before trying to connect. The Help is obviously wrong because I've never seen a popup before it tries to connect.

Anyway, this is really irritating because for non-techies that have WCG running and see this bubble, they find it a huge annoyance and don't know how to fix it. I would place a bet that this error message is probably a major reason why people give up on WCG and uninstall the program.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.